²⁶ “But ^(A)when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, ^(B)he will bear witness about me. ²⁷ And ^(C)you also will bear witness, ^(D)because you have been with me ^(E)from the beginning.

16 “I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away. ^2 (F)They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, ^(G)the hour is coming when ^(H)whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. ³ And they will do these things ^(I)because they have not known the Father, nor me. ⁴ But ^(J)I have said these things to you, that when ^(K)their hour comes you may remember that I told them to you.

The Work of the Holy Spirit

“I did not say these things to you from the beginning, ^(L)because I was with you. ⁵ But now ^(M)I am going to him who sent me, and ^(N)none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ ⁶ But because I have said these things to you, ^(O)sorrow has filled your heart. ⁷ Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for ^(P)if I do not go away, ^(Q)the Helper will not come to you. But ^(R)if ^(S)I go, ^(T)I will send him to you.

^8 (A)And when he comes, he will ^(B)convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: ⁹ concerning sin, ^(C)because they do not believe in me; ^10 (D)concerning righteousness, ^(E)because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer; ^11 (F)concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world ^(G)is judged.

^19 (A)And this is the judgment: ^(B)the light has come into the world, and ^(C)people loved the darkness rather than the light because ^(D)their works were evil. ^20 (E)For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, ^(F)lest his works should be exposed. ²¹ But whoever ^(G)does what is true ^(H)comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”

²³ for ^(A)all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

¹⁹ Now we know that whatever ^(A)the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, ^(B)so that every mouth may be stopped, and ^(C)the whole world may be held accountable to God. ²⁰ For ^(D)by works of the law no human being^[a] will be justified in his sight, since ^(E)through the law comes knowledge of sin.

^36 (A)Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; ^(B)whoever does not obey the Son shall not ^(C)see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.

By Grace Through Faith

2 ^(A)And you were ^(B)dead in the trespasses and sins ^2 (C)in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following ^(D)the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in ^(E)the sons of disobedience— ³ among whom we all once lived in ^(F)the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body^[a] and the mind, and ^(G)were by nature ^(H)children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.^[b]

¹⁴ The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are ^(A)folly to him, and ^(B)he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.